Combined show-case and packing-box



(ModeL) M. FRIO'K.

COMBINED SHOW CASE AND PACKING BOX.

Patented Dec. 13,1881.

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MAHLON FRIGK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED SHOW-CASE AND PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,797, dated December 13, 1881.

Application filed September 15, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom 1t may concern Be it known that I, MAHLON FRICK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combined Show-Case and Packing-Box and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to combined showcase and packing-box; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the combined show-case and packing-box closed. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view of the case with the cover removed. Fig.4 shows, in vertical section,-the upper part of the case with the glass plates removed.

A designates the cover of the box, which extends over the upper edges of the other parts of the casing, being usually fastened thereto with screws after the box has been filled with goods or fancy articles for transportation. The end pieces, B, are made fast to the bottom of the box, as is also the lower front piece,O, and the lower back piece, D. A piece, E, extending along the top at the rear of the box is also fastened to the end pieces, B. The coverAis made with aprojecting lower surface, a, which is even with the under surface of the part E, as shown.

The main front piece, F, is removable and slides in grooves c in the end pieces, B. It rests on the lower piece,O, (see Fig.2,) closing thereto at 00. Them ain back piece, G, is hinged at s to the lower piece, D, and serves as a lid or door to the box, the cover A being removed.

Directly below the coverA is a plate of glass, H, which is removable, the said plate sliding in horizontal grooves f in the end pieces, B, and serving as a transparent cover for the box when the cover A is removed.

Close to the inner sides of the front pieces, F and U, are two plates of glass,I and K, both extending along the front and into vertical grooves e in the end pieces, B, so that either or both plates may be removed, as desired, the said plates being placed one above the other, as shown.

The inclined grooves b and d are intended to receive the plateH when it is desired to place it in a position more or less inclined, in which case one of the platesI and K is removed,the two plates being of different widths, as shown.

When the cover A and front piece, F, are removed the box is a show-case with a transparent top and front, and to change the level top to an inclined position either the plate I or K is withdrawn, and the plate H is inserted in either the grooves b or the grooves d, as desired.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A combined show-case and packing-box having the cover A, the removable front piece, F, and the glass plates H and K, constructed as shown, for the purpose set forth.

2. A combined show-case and packing-box having the cover A, removable front piece, F, the inclinedv grooves bd, and the removable glass plates H, K, and I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAHLON FRIOK.

Witnesses 0171s EGAN, THos. D. MoWLDs. 

